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.f discharge at predetermined mechanism and Patented Aug. 16, 1932 WILLARD A. Manor., or SYRAQUSE,

VERTICAL CN'VEY'ER application inea. January Y31, leso. aerialV no. cereal.k

This invention relates to conveyers and more particularly to conveyers vater type the loads ofwhioh automatically discharged fi terniined by the location of the loads thereon. The primary abject oit this invention is to provide an elevator having cars each of n Vh includes compartments so rality of' separate loads maybe ca .led Jfor stations along the pathofV travel of the carsl il furti er objectA of the invent-ion is to provideA ejector mechanism at the various.l stations whereby the loads may be discharged in Y combination with elevator cars pre-vided with compartments, which ejector` mechanisms automatically operated by the cars to.- discharge from the cars the` loads intende-d for the va ious stations.

Another object of this invention is to provide along the path of travel of theelevator cars, stations each including car unloading andloading means whereby loads suppl'ied'to, bev jd'elivered to the various stationsV and other the cars at a central loading station may loads picked up for delivery to acentrai re-Y ceiving station.

@ther objectswililappear-from a considerationlolg the speciic embodiment olf-the inven-V tion set tol-th inthe following specification andin the drawings which form a part there offendinY which: v

Figs. l and '12* are front elevations ot a portion of' an elevato-r embodying this invention;

Figs. 2 andi?.a are side elevations thereof; Fig. Sis an enlarged sectional view tali/en along the linesl 3&8 of Fig, 2 illustrating the .Y main loading and unloading stations.;

lisan elevation of anelevatorcar;I 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the main unloading station;

Fig.. is a plan view thereof; Fig. 7 is sideelevation ot, a typical outstation having loading and unloading mezuisf;`

Eig. S is an enlarged Side elevation Showing the ej 'coton mechanism at such. OIltStat-ien Y Y' Eig.. 9. is a rear elevation ,of the` ejector of the ele-V various stations prede-v that Va plu-v Fig.v 1Q is a lplan view of means of a typical eutstation.y

In Fie-s l', 1% 2 and, 2athere illustrated?,

c c ticallyane-lefvator: etnbodyingthis invention and comprising a 55' Suitable casi-Ile 2Q which dcnesan.. elevator: well and in which operate a pair o fffendless chainbelts 2l which travelover the usual head'v and foot sprocket wheels 22 and 231esp'ectively. The head sprocket wheels; are suitably driven by a motor 241whioh oper-r Y ates through any desiredv type` of gearing; The casing 2() is preferably rectangular in conforma-tion and comprises `u-pr-ghts 25, preterably angle irons, vwhich are connected :rt-suitable places by cross braces 26. Carried. by the cross braces 26 are annularl'uprights 27 which deline guidewaysf28 in which portions ol"r the elevator cars travel as will be pointed' out below.` 70

The elevator oars 30 comprise end plates 8l which are suitably connected at the bottom by a pluralityy of crossrods 82. Each end plate 3l terminates at its upper and its lower end in a cylindrical boss 33 which,asiisclear lyshown in the drawings, extends into guideway 28 delined-by the angular-uprights 27.. Projecting through the boss 33 at the upper end is the pin 34 which is secnredto the links of the belt-2l, asshown particularly rin Fig. 4. Mounted upon the crossrods 32 are a plu-4 rality of spaced upright partitions 35s. which divide the spacezbetween the endplatesl into a plurality of compartments SGone be.- ing allocated to each outstationB. Aroller or button 37 projects outwardly fromI one end plate 3l for a purpose which will ybe disclosed hereinbelow. VThe rods 32 thus constitute trays provided by the partitions 35 with a plurality of loadv supporting spaces, o11 compartments, whichl predetermine the des-V tination of the loadtherein. Y Y

As pointed out above,V this type of elevator is particularly adapted for carrying charts, records or other material from a central sta- Jtion A to any desired outstation B,an dvit will be understood that the charts to be sent from the central station to any particular outsta tion will be placed in the compartment or- 100 tlELQ; unloading! `The unloading means 45 is below lof the shaft 57 by a set screw 65.

pair of shelves cooperates to support the charts or other records'across the path of. travel of the cars in such position that they will be picked up by the cars as they pass between the shelves in their upward travel. Each compartment ofeach car registers with a particular pairk of shelves so that the material in any specific pair will always be Carried by the cars in the same compartments.

The outstations B each comprise an unloading means ,and a loading means 46 shown particularly in Figs.V 7, 8,V 9 and 10. the loading means 46 and includesa supporting post 50 which is secured to an angle bar51 carried by two of the cross braces 26. Pivotally mounted onthe post is an arm 52, the inner end 53 of which projects into the path of travel of the car and is contacted by each' roller 37 on the end wall thereof. The outer end 54 of the arm 52 is pivotally connected by a link55 to an arm 56 fixed upon a rock :I shaft 57 supported at one end in aboss 58 formed at the lower end of the post 50.

Projecting from the arm 56 is a second arm 59 to which is secured one .end of a spring 60, the other end being attached f material. rlhe ejector arm63 is secured Yadjacent its lower end to a squared porti on Mounted on the elevator casing at each station is a box 66 or other receptacle into which the ejected material will be thrown by the ejector arm 63.

The ejector arm 63 is so 'positioned and mounted at eachV station that it is in alignment with a .particularl rcompartment and between the pair of 'adjacent 'partitions formingsuch compartment when the end 53 of the arm 52 associated with the ejector arm 63 and normally extending intoA the path of travel engages the roller`37 on each approaching car. rEhe arms 63 at theseveral stations register with different compartments in the compartment with so 'that the load which an arm ,63 registers :is ejected when the carreaches the station to which that com;`^ f' partment is allocated.

rlhe lengthsV of the the inner side being open so that each to a buttonA 61 projecting from one side of tie post 50. rllhe shaft 57 is supported atits other end in 63 out of such path. This position is deter-v mined by a bracket 67 projecting from the `post 50 and carrying a bumper 648 on which,

the arm 52 rests.' Thespring 60 obviously acts as soon as the roller 37 has released the arm 52 to returnthe arms to such position and maintain them therein so that the roller 37 of the next car will engage the arm 52. A

depending spring plate 69 below the box 66 acts to protectvany portion ofthe load that may project from the car. embodiment here shown provides one compartment of each car for each station B and Y accordingly there is only one ejector arm 63 at each station. It will be understood however that under certain conditions more than one compartment might be required for a station andv in such case additionaly ejector arms rwould be necessary. n

The loading means 46 comprises a pair of shelves 70 and 71 which are similar to the shelves 40 and 41, previously described. These shelves are pivotally mounted at'their outer ends on brackets 72, 73 carried by cross bars 74, 75 as shown in Fig. 7. lt will be understood of course that the shelves 70 and 71 are so located in the elevator well that the charts placedtherein are re- Vmoved by the cars being picked up inthe compartments thereof allocated to that particularV station from which compartments any loads have just previously been ejected by the arms 63 as pointed out above. Thevarious loading and unloading operations above mentionedY all take place during the upward travel of the elevator cars Any obstruction which the cars might meet wouldprobably be at the yvarious loading means of the outstations and for that reason the shelves 7 0 and 71 are pivotally mount ed so that while the shelves normally rest upon stops 76 (Fig. 7), they will swing outwardly into the dotted line position of Fig. 7 in case of any congestion and permit the car to pass freely withoutV interrupting the Y travel of the chain belts 21.

As each car reaches the unloading station C on its downward travel, the contents of all the compartments 36 therein are discharged into a chute 8O by means of an ejector mechanism 81 (Figs. 5 and 6). supported in a journal 82 fixed upon a cross brace 26 is a rock shaft 83 which carries, at one end, an arm 84 projecting intoY the path of travelof the roller 37 on each cari vTo the other end of the rock shaft 83 is secured an arm 85 connected bya 'link 86'with an arm 87 fixed on a rock shaft 88. The rock shaft 88 is carried bya plurality of brack-V4 The particular.

Suitably the elevator car.

termi-i etsSQiiXedon one of the cross braces 26 and eidgending` completely across the elevator Well. Fixedy upon-.the rock shaft 88 are a plurality of ejectors 90 which are so spaced that each travels through a.l compartment. in

Each ejector 90.`is mounted adjacent its upper endon a squared portion 91. of the rock shaft 8,8 by a, set screw 92. On the rock shaft 88 is secured an arm` 95 which entendsbelow the angle bar 26 and is preferably provided ivith a. pad 96. rlhis arm. 95, as can readily be seen from an examination`v of Fig. 5, limits the movement of the rock shaft `88. in one direction. At` spring 9'? secured at one end` to. armV 95 and secured elevator casing in. any desired manner insures the return of the ejectors to the normal position shown 96 in. Contact with the cross brace 26. The chuteSO may be given they particular conformation shown in Figs. l and 2 so .that the ejected material all passes tothe receiving station Don the second floor adjacent the central loading station A.

From the description above given it Will be obvious that in the specific embodiment selected for illustration, the records to be sent to the various departments are loaded into the proper holders at the central loading station A picked up in the proper compartments 86 by the first car passing through that station and carried to the destinations. As the cars pass through each of the outstations B, the ejector arms 63 operates automatically, and any charts inthe compartment allocated to that station Will be ejected into the box 66. At the same time the operator at each of these outstations may place any material Which he Wishes to have returned to the central office on the shelves 70 and 7l so that they will be picked up in the empty compartment of the car as it Vpasses between the shelves. The cars being pivotally mounted at their upper ends, as previously pointed out, Will remain at all times in the upright position, and when they reach the unloading station C on their downward travel the contents thereof are automatically discharged into the chute 80 and delivered to the main receiving station D.

While one embodiment of this invention has been specifically described and shown it will be understood that the invention is not limited thereto and that other embodiments of the invention may be madewvithout departing from the spirit and scope thereof as set forth in the following claims.

l claim:

l. llhe combination with an elevator which includes a car divided into a plurality of load supporting spaces and adapted to pass a plurality of stations disposed along the path of travel of the car of an automatic ejector means and a loading means at each of said aneye 98 fixed on the at its otherendv to the l Y other stations for in Fig. 5 Withv the pad ticular compartment of a loadin apa rticular space determines the station at which it will be ejected and another load may be supplied tothe space aty such station. y

2; The combination With an elevator Which inciudesa car divided into a plurality of load ,i

supportingcompartments and adapted to travel by a i plurality of stations disposed along the path of travel of the car of means at one-station for loading any or all of such compartments, means at another station for ejecting the-loads in all compartments so that the car leaves this station empty, and means' determined compartments and for' loads to such compartments.

ln an elevator comprising means con-` tinuously traveling inY a vertical plane, cars mounted thereon, each car having therein plurality of horizontally arranged load-carrying compartments, and a station through which said cars pass, which station comprises means for removingtheloads from a particular compartment of each car and means for subsequently supplying aload to such compartment. nel. In an kelevator comprising means continuously travelingl in a vertical plane, cars mounted thereon, each car havingtherein a plurality` of horizontally arranged load-car-l rying compartments, and a station through which said carspass, Which station comprises means for removing the` loads from a parof each car and means for subsequently supplying a load to such compartment, said load-removing means including an ejector automatically actuated by each car to. pass into such compartment.-

In an eleva-,tor comprising means continuously traveling ina vertical plane, cars mounted thereon, each car having therein a plurality of horizontally arranged load-carrying compartments, and astation through Which` said-cars pass, which station comprises means for removing the loads from a particular compartment of each car and means for subsequently supplyingV a load vto such compartment, said load supplying means comprising appair of spaced shelves mounted supplying .inthe path of travel ofthe cars and adapted to pass throughsuch cars.

6. ln an elevator comprising means continuously travelingin a vertical pla-ne, cars mounted thereon, `each car having therein a plurality of horizontally arranged load-carrying compartments, and a station through Which said cars pass, Whicl station comprises. meansv for removing the loadsV from a particular compartmentv of each car and means; for subsequently supplying compartments of the a load to; such- Com;-

ejecting the loads in prelill!) partment, said load-removing means including an eJector automatically actuated by each car to pass into such compartment, and said load-supplying means comprising a pair of 'l spaced shelves mounted in the path of travel tinuously traveling in a vertical well, carsV mounted thereon and having a load carrying compartment therein, and a station through which said cars pass, which station comprises means Jforremoving loads from the successive cars, and means tor subsequently supplying a load` to such car, said load' removing means including an ejector automatically actuated by each Vcar to swing into the compartment and remove the contents therefrom.

9. In an elevator comprising means continuously traveling in a vertical well, cars mounted thereon and having a load carrying compartment therein, and a station through which said cars pass, which station comprises means tor removing loads from the successive cars, and means for subsequently supplying a load to such cars, said load removing means including an arm pivotally supported upon the well frame and extending into the path of travel of the cars, an ejector pivotally supported upon the well Jirame,

`and normally out of such path of travel,

A passed means connecting the arm and ejector whereby upon the actuation of the arm by a passing car the ejector is swung into the compartment to remove the contents therefrom.

10. In an elevator comprising means continuously traveling in a vertical plane, cars mounted thereon7 each car including a tray and plurality of spaced partitions by which load carrying compartments are made, stations through which said cars pass upon their upward and downward travel, the first station passed in the upward travel including means for supplying loads to any'or all of the compartments in the car, the last station in the downward travel including means tor automatically removing the loads in all such compartments, and the intermediate stations each comprising means for removing the load in a particular compartment and tor thereafter supplying loadsto such compartment.

11. An elevator car adapted to be supportedV upon chain belts and comprising end plates, cross rods connecting the end platesV and partitions carried byV said rods which divide the space between the and forming a tray,

end' plates into load carrying compartments.

12. An elevator car adapted to be pivotally supported upon chain belts for travel upwardly and downwardly in a well, said car comprising end plates, cross rods connecting the end plates and forming a tray, partitions carried by said rods whichV divide the space between the'end plates into load carrying compartments, and bosses on said endl plates by which the cars are pivotally secured to said chain belts.

13. An elevator car adapted to be pivotally supported upon chain belts tor travel upwardly and downwardly in a well, said car comprising end plates, crossrods connecting the end "plates and forming a tray, partitions cai'ried by said rods which dividethe space between the end plates into load carrying` compartments, and plates by which the cars are'pivotally secured to said cha-in belts, said bosses entering vertical guideways in the well to hold the tray horizontal during the travel ot the car.

f Signed by me at Syracuse, N; Y., this 28th day of January, 1930. v

- WILLARD A. MARCY.

bosses on saidV end` 

